Harness attachment.



PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

M. V ROOT. 4 HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED mo. 14. 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

MANOIL V. ROOT, OF SHEBOYGAN, \VISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS E. CAMP, OF MILWAUKEE, TVISOONSIN.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 784,965, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed December 14:, 1903. Serial No. 185,072.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MANOIL V. ROOT, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Sheboygan,in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Attach men ts;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide to simple economical harness attachments by which to facilitate checking and unchecking of a horse, said invention consisting in what is hereinafter particularly set forth, with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, and sub- 5 sequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a partlysectional side elevation of a check-hook and post that constitute harness attachments in accordance with my invention, said devices being coupled and the post shown in connection with a fragment of a harness-saddle; Fig. 2, a plan view of the assembly of parts shown in the first figure; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the hook and post, partly in section;

Fig. 4, a plan view of the hook inverted; and

Fig. 5, a section view of said hook, this view being indicated by line 5 5 in the second figure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a fragment of a harness-saddle, and

extending through the upper central portion of the same is the depending screw-thread shank b of a bracket that constitutes a checkhook post. The post is shown held in place 3 5 by a nut and washer on its shank; but other suitable means may be employed to serve the same purpose. The head of the post is in the shank of a cheek-hook O, saidwings being extended in opposite directions from said shank and caught under overhanging portions g of the post-head when the check-hook is swung forward to engage its shank with the circumferential forward opening in said head, it being then impossible to uncouple said hook from said post until it is again swung to the rear, so as to obtain clearance for its wings.

To prevent rattling and obtain friction in the post-head sufficient to insure against automatic uncoupling of the check-hook incidental to head movement on the part of a horse, a packing D, of rubber or other suitable material, is provided on the winged end of said hook, this packing being preferably a sleeve of rubber centrally notched to permit of its being caught at its ends on the hook-shank wings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A post attachable to a harness-saddle and having a hollow cylindrical head provided with a rear longitudinal opening as well as a forward central circumferential opening intersecting the one aforesaid, and a check-hook the shank of which has a cylindrical end and semicylindrical lateral wings, these wings being extended in opposite directions from said shank and caught under overhanging portions of the post-head when the check-hook is swung forward to engage its shank with the circumferential forward opening in said head subsequent to engagement with the rear longitudinal opening of same.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of W isconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

MANCIL V. ROOT. lVitnesse-s:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, HUGO FAHL. 

